Aug 042012
 

A couple of months ago, I posted a summary of what kit staff members of The Verge carried in their bags: all but one of them carried an Apple laptop. My other favorite tech site, Ars Technica, just ran a piece on what their staff use in their home offices and the results were very different. Actually, they weren’t.

Lee Aylward: Lead Programmer – MacBook Air, PC for “gaming and IE testing”. Seriously: IE testing.

Aurich Lawson: Creative Director- Retina MacBook Pro and iMac

Cyrus Farivar: Senior Business Editor – MacBook Air

Iljitsch van Beijnum: Ars Contributor – MacBook Pro

Jon Brodkin: Senior IT Reporter – Mac Mini running Windows 7 on a partition (lest he be disinvited from the IT book club)

Chris Foresman: Ars Contributor – MacBook Air

Megan Geuss: Staff Editor – MacBook and PC Desktop (for reasons unknown)

Eric Bangeman: Managing Editor – Mac Pro & MacBook Air

Cesar Torres: Social Editor – iMac

Ryan Paul: Open Source Editor – MacBook Air and (gratuitous neckbeard) PC Tower running Ubuntu

Peter Bright: Microsoft Editor – self-built full tower PC, Lenovo X300 laptop, MacBook Pro, and for Samsung Series 7 Slate. Schizophrenia attributable to not using a Mac full-time.

Casey Johnston: Ars Contributor – MacBook Pro

Jacqui Cheng: Senior Apple Editor – iMac and MacBook Air

All of them rely on – or at least use – an Apple computer in their own homes. The IT guy, the open-source guy – even the Windows guy - rock Cupertino kit. Again, these are people who forgot more about tech than you know and could have their pick of any PC on the market.
The tech pros at Ars Technica use Macs. You probably should too.
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